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THE PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY HARD TIMES - CHAR...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Hard Times by Charles Dickens 'Now  what I want is 
Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant
nothing else  and root out everything else' Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas
Gradgrind  school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his
family with facts  he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient
daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humility' Mr Bounderby  and his
son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And  as their fortunes cross with
those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimised weaver Stephen Blackpool 
Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognise the value of the human heart in an age of
materialism and machinery. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in
the English language  from the eighteenth century and the first novels to the beginning of the
First World War.

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